Question

完形填空（本大题共10分，每小题1分）

Jim, a successful businessman, told the experience of his childhood.

When he was 12 years old, his parents died. He was alone and didn’t get on well with others. People always laughed at him. No one showed          to him.

His only friend was a dog named Tige. He gave his dog enough to eat and drink, but sometimes he was not          to it. He didn’t know that an unkind word sometimes could cut one’s heart like a knife.

One day as he walked down the street, a young lady was walking in front of him. One of her bags dropped from her arms. As she stopped to          , she dropped other bags. He came to help her. “Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!” She said kindly, smiling.

A special feeling came to him. It was the first time that he had heard such kind words. He watched her          she went far away, and then he whistled（低语）to his dog and went directly to the river         .

“Thanks, dear! You are a nice little boy!” He repeated what the woman said. Then in a low         he said to his dog, “You are a nice little dog.” Tige raised its ears as if it understood.

“Hmm! Even a dog likes it!” he said. “Well, Tige, I won’t say anything unkind to you       .” Tige waved its tail happily.

The boy thought and thought. Finally he looked at himself in the river. He saw         but a dirty boy. He washed his face carefully. Again he looked. He saw a          nice boy. He was amazed. From then on, he started a new life.

After telling this, the businessman said, “This is the very place in which that kind woman planted the first seed of kindness in my heart.” What a great          it has!

1.A. kindness                     B. interest                        C. illness                          D. worries

2.A. exciting                       B. interesting                     C. strange               D. friendly

3.A. find it                          B. pick it up                        C. look it up          D. give it up

4.A. until                         B. after                            C. since              D. because

5.A. far                            B. nearby                         C. near               D. nearly

6.A. sound                      B. noise              C. voice                       D. hear

7.A. too                           B. at all                             C. any long                      D. any more

8.A. anything                      B. nothing                       C. everything        D. something

9.A. clean                      B. dirty                          C. sad                  D. angry

10.A. present                      B. dream                              C. advice                               D. power

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.A

5.B

6.C

7.D

8.B

9.A

10.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文中一个成功的商人讲讲述了一个发生在他的童年，改变他一生的故事。文章一个不受人欢迎的小男孩在一位女士的善意表扬下幡然醒悟，立志重新做人，最后终于成为了现在成功的商人。短文最后通过这位商人之口号召人们与人为善，互相友爱。

1.考查语境理解及名词. Kindness仁慈,好意;interest        兴趣;illness病,疾病;worries忧虑,担心.根据上文People always laughed at him.可知选A，没有人对他表现出友好的行为。

2.考查语境理解及形容词. Exciting令人兴奋的；interesting有趣的；strange陌生的；friendly友好的。根据上文He gave his dog enough to eat and drink, but 及下文描述可知有时他对他的狗并不友好，故选D。

3.考查语境理解及短语。find it找到；pick it up捡起；look it up查阅，向上看；give it up放弃，交出。联系上文One of her bags dropped from her arms.可知她要把包捡起来，故选B。

4.考查语境理解及连词。Until直到；after在……之后；since由于，自从……以来；because因为。联系上下文可知句意为：他看着她，直到她走远了。故选A。

5.考查语境理解及词义辨析，A.远方的 B.附近的，一般位于被修饰词的后面 C.附近的，一般位于被修饰词的前面  D.副词，几乎，差不多。联系上下文可知句意为；来到附近的小河边，故选B。

6.考查语境理解及词义辨析。Sound；声音noise   噪音；.吵闹的；voice嗓音。结合下文he said to his dog,可知选C，然后他低声对他的狗说。

7.考查语境理解及词义辨析。Too太，也；at all根本，究竟；any long不再；any more不再。结合上下文可知句意为：我不在对你说任何不友好的话了，故选D。

8.考查语境理解及短语nothing but，只不过，不过……而已。句意：他只不过看到一个脏乎乎的小男孩而已。故选B。

9.考查语境理解及形容词。Clean干净的；dirty肮脏的；sad伤心的；angry愤怒的；联系上文He saw    8   but a dirty boy. He washed his face carefully.可知选A，他看到一个干净的不错的小男孩。

10.考查语境理解及词义辨析。A.礼物B.梦想C.建议D.力量。联系上文可知句意为:它有多么大的力量啊！故选 。D

考点：考查人物传记类短文。